Suicide Saturday

Suicide Saturday Lyrics

[Verse 1: Jake]
I heard it told by her mother old
She could try, she could try it
With the power of tin and a bottle of gin
She was wise, she was wise to it
Cocked her father's gun, like the oldest son
She could try, she could try it
Blessed by the bed where she laid her head and calmed to a dull roar

[Bridge: Jake]
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me, for me, for me, yeah
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me, for me, for me, yeah
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me, for me, for me, yeah
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now
Oh don't you wait now for me

About “Suicide Saturday”

“Suicide Saturday” is by far the most popular track from Hippo Campus' debut EP Bashful Creatures. As of March 2019, the song has almost 20,000,000 streams on Spotify. It is still frequently played live by the band, unlike the other songs on the EP.

[Suicide Saturday] was sorta birthed from this idea of finding a balance with society and with yourself. Having to commit a social suicide, in a sense, in order to regain composure with being who you are and maintaining a healthy relationship with yourself

Nathan speaking with Huw Stephens on the Maida Vale session on BBC Radio 1 (20 July 2015)

What have the artists said about the song?

I don’t think we really thought about it that hard. We were kind of just like “this is catchy.” We kind of wanted it to mess with people a little bit. It was kind of like a joke song and the beginning… The suicide was more based on social suicide not actual suicide. But yeah, it is kind of a deceptive message… When you’re in high school, when you graduate from high school you get introduced to a bunch of different party scenes. And not necessarily the most healthy of party scenes at times, at least we were, we were exposed to stuff like that. The idea of self-care and self-management and looking after one’s own health, that was kind of the inspiration at the time. Especially with the development of the internet around that time as well, and Twitter and how nasty people can be. It’s a really dark place and sometimes it’s just better to reset. You don’t have to be around people all the time. It’s really easy cope with something bigger by just going out.